Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected
be full of= be filled with:充满了
the unexpected: the+adj表示一类事物/人--the wealthy/ the poor/ the injured/ the buried
beyond expectation:意料之外=out of expectation
oversleep-overslept-overslept 睡过头了
by the time+过去时:到...为止+主句一般用过去完成时(had done): By the time I walked into class, the teacher had started teaching already.
leave one’s backpack at home:把背包落在家里了。
My alarm clock didn’t go off.我的闹铃没有响。 go off
wake-woke-woken wake up/ stay awake
brush one’s teeth/ wash one’s face/ tooth-teeth/ goose-geese
before+过去式,主句一般用过去完成时had done: Before he could speak, she had already left.
give sb a lift:给某人搭个顺风车
我正要上楼,就在那时我决定先去买杯咖啡。I was about to go up when I decided to get a coffee first.
even though+事实/ even if+假设:即使,尽管
As I was waiting in line with other coffee workers, I heard a loud sound.---as正当...时=while/ when
in disbelief:难以置信地--We stared in disbelief at the black smoke rising above the burning building.
alive:活着的. [做表语或后置定语] He was seen as the greatest writer alive in the world.
jump out of bed/ go straight to the airport: 跳下床,径直去机场。
It is the first holiday (that) I have taken in a year.---定语从句,先行词是序数词,从句做宾语/指物用that.
think to oneself:心里想 say to oneself:自言自语
hear about=hear of:听说 hear from sb=receive one’s letter:收到某人来信。 Hear sb doing/ do sth
turn into:变成,转变成 turn on/ turn off/ turn up/ turn down/ turn away/ turn in/ turn out/ turn to...
unexpectedly----expect-expected-unexpected-unexpectedly
end up with sth/ end up doing sth
show up=turn up=appear:出现 show off炫耀 show sb around:带某人参观
a costume party:化装舞会 stay up late:熬夜
play a joke on sb/ play a trick on sb
take place=happen=occur 发生:无被动。
Announce--announcement--announcer make an announcement
hoax
be sold out:卖完了 sell-sold-sold on sale:大减价
discover--discovery- discoverer the discovery of special water
lose weight/ put on weight-gain weight weigh (v)--weighte (n)
cancel取消 =call off
rather than: 而不是 instead of:相反、代替、替换
He announced that aliens from Mars had landed on the earth.
make it sound so real that fear spread across the whole country.
thousands of/ hundreds of/ millions of/ billions of
sb Run out of sth= use up sth run out= sth be used up.
believe---believable-unbelievable belief- disbelief/ in disbelief
run away from ...= escape from= flee from flee-fled-fled
the road leading to the shopping mall:通往商场的路
hand in one’s science homework 上交科学作业